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Faculty Development Project

In 2012, the Department entered into agreements with the State University of New York (SUNY) and the City University of New York (CUNY) to assist New York’s public higher education institutions with assimilating the new information on teaching and learning into their programs. The Memorandum of understanding's (MOU) are intended to help ensure that the deans, department chairs, faculty and staff, and their respective colleagues in the College of Arts and Sciences have the support and guidance needed to ensure that their teacher and school building leader preparation programs incorporate information about

• the Common Core Standards,
• the new certification examinations,
• teacher and principal performance evaluations,
• data-driven instruction, and
• clinically-rich teacher and leader preparation.

A similar agreement is in development with the Commission on Independent Colleges and Universities (CICU).

Update on the Work Scope and Activities of SUNY, CUNY and CICU

SUNY

The Department awarded SUNY with $3.5 million from its Race to the Top funds to support the faculty development project. A summary of the MOU work is below:

• Meetings and Events
  • Introductory Webcast August 23, 2012
  • November 15, 2012 Meeting Agenda (123KB)
  • Location(s)of Spring 2013 R-TEN workshops by Region
  • March 6, 2013 SUNY Teacher and Leader Education Network Clinically Rich Practices Workshop Meeting Agenda (187KB)
    
    
• News and Resources
  • SUNY Launches Statewide Teacher Education Network (S-TEN)
  • SUNY S-TEN Initiative Frequently Asked Questions (194KB)
  • Chancellor Zimpher to Host National Teacher Education Summit in Albany
  • MOU between NYSED and SUNY (666KB)
    
    
• For additional information about the SUNY MOU please email STEN@ SUNY.edu .

 

CUNY

The Department awarded CUNY with $3.5 million from its Race to the Top funds to support the faculty development project. A summary of the MOU work is below:

• Meetings and Events
  
  • Launch Day 1: October 12, 2012
    • Launch Day 1 Meeting Agenda (54KB)
    • Stanford University PowerPoint
    • Responses to Questions about edTPA
      
      
  • Launch Day 2 Agenda: November 9, 2012
    • Launch Day 2 Meeting Agenda (30KB)
    • Stephanie Wood-Garnett Presentation Slides (399KB)
    • NYC DOE PowerPoint
      
      
  • Launch Day 3: January 22, 2013
  • Launch Day 3 Meeting Agenda
    
    
  • Launch Day 4: January 23, 2013
  • Launch Day 4 Meeting Agenda
    
    
• News and Resources
  • MOU between NYSED and CUNY (202KB)
    

Commission of Independent Colleges and Universities

The Commission on Independent Colleges and Universities has just signed a contract with the New York State Education Department to support and enhance faculty professional development activities.

The Independent sector includes more than 70 institutions that have teacher education or school leadership programs at the associate, baccalaureate and graduate levels, the largest concentration of programs in the state.  In order to prepare for the implementation of the new teachers and school building leader certification requirements and the new Common Core curricula, Commission of Independent Colleges and Universities has committed to support and enhance professional development activities for its teacher and school building leaders education program and relevant arts and sciences faculty, including deans, department chairs, teaching and research members.  The goal of this initiative  is to ensure that they have the support and guidance needed to successfully incorporate the new teacher and school building leader requirements in their respective degree programs, and if necessary, to make meaningful and relevant design changes in their courses to align with New York’s reforms. 

We welcome Commission of Independent Colleges and Universities, and we look forward to this new partnership between the New York State Education Department and New York’s institutions of higher education.

Last Updated: March 6, 2013